The reason I went to NYC was not for the Late Show taping I posted about earlier this week, but to see a 3 night stand of one of my favorite bands. The band is Lawrence (an eight-piece soul, funk and pop band based in NYC). The two singers sat in with the Late Show Band in September and they have a connection with LS trumpeter Jon Lampley. Lampley opened the show with a side project that he and former Late Show bassist Michael Thurber are doing, and the backing band included Negah Santos, Joe Saylor and Danae Greenfield (she sat in with the LSB on keys this week). Louis Cato also guested on a song.
Lawrence brought out Lampley, Santos, Saylor and Cato during their set, pulled out a second keyboard, and I'm thinking that Jon Batiste might be in the building. It was Paul Shaffer. I was floored. They all jammed on Stevie Wonder's Living for the City and Carole King's Natural Woman. Paul sounded just as good as he did when he was still playing at the Ed. I'd never seen Shaffer perform live, so this was an unexpected pleasure. He stuck around for the encore (New York, New York), which had enough people on the stage to resemble a Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony jam session. David -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/908464666.187044.1667714137372%40mail.yahoo.com.
